Coverage details how a 'weird cat' call led to the discovery

1 Sep 17 11:00 AM · 6d ago · 17 articles · 9 posts · 7 sources · development 1 of 5

Outlets report the cat was brought to the sanctuary by a man who had mistaken it for a domestic kitten and fed it noodles, rice and eggs before realizing it was wild; sanctuary staff initially thought it was a known Brazilian tiger cat species until Nogales-Ascarrunz pursued genetic testing.

Coverage details how a 'weird cat' call led to the discovery — nbcnews.com

“This time, it’s a cat. That’s really novel. And it hasn’t happened in 100 years. No one else had named it. No one else had described it.”

Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz, Lead study author, conservationist · bluesky ↗

Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz Lead researcher, Bolivian Felid Research and Conservation ProgramTadeu de Oliveira Co-author, ecologist at State University of MaranhãoSenda Verde Wildlife Sanctuary Wildlife rehabilitation center near La Paz, BoliviaTigrino 10-year-old tilcayo cat at the center of public attention

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8 outlets Beautiful new cat species is first to be named in a century

first by New Scientist, 6d ago · also NBC News, Live Science, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Gizmodo, The Times, GB News +1
8 more headlines
- New cat species discovered in Bolivia washingtonpost.com · 6d ago
- New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say Mastodon · 6d ago
- Scientists name a new cat species for the first time in over a century Live Science · 6d ago
- New species of wild cat discovered in Bolivia’s cloud forest BBC Wildlife Magazine · 6d ago
- Scientists Discover First New Cat Species in Over a Century—and It’s Love at First Sight Gizmodo · 6d ago
- Tilcayo ‘tiger cat’ of Bolivia is a new species, scientists say The Times · 6d ago
- Leopardus tilcayo: Adorable new cat species identified for the first time in more than 100 years GB News · 6d ago
- Adorable Photos of the First New Cat Species Discovered in Over a Century PetaPixel · 6d ago

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New cat alert! A call from a wildlife sanctuary about a "weird cat" has led to the first new cat species discovered in over 100 years in Bolivia’s Yungas forest ecoregion. Learn more about this feline surprise:

@NatGeoX6d ago79k▲view on X ↗
The new wild cat species is about the size of a domestic kitten and lives in Bolivia.

nbcnews.comBluesky6d ago6.7k▲view on Bluesky ↗
New-to-us species of cat just dropped https://www. nbcnews.com/science/environmen t/new-wild-cat-species-identified-rcna598113

richpuchalsky@mastodon.socialMastodon6d agoview on Mastodon ↗

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